Thursday, February 4, 2010

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Habila (As Arafat did Before): Hamas Wants Talks with Americans, Europeans


Al-Manar

"04/02/2010 Hamas is ready for dialogue with the international community, including the United States and European Union, the leader of the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Ismail Haniyeh told AFP.

"Hamas is ready to dialogue with the world, international community, the US, the (Middle East) Quartet and the Europeans," [How about the Dalai Lama, Fiji and Micronesia?] Haniyyeh said Wednesday.

One of the main obstacles to opening a dialogue is the group's refusal to recognize Israel's right to exist, a position inscribed in Hamas's founding charter. The international community demands an explicit recognition. "They have to recognize us first, the right of the Palestinian people, we are the victims," said the 48-year-old, who merely repeated that Hamas supports "the establishment of a Palestinian state with the 1967 borders."......

Haniyyeh said he was determined to "establish Palestinian reconciliation and to have fair elections... in all Palestinian homes, including Jerusalem."....."

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